. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOPOGRAPHY OF NICARAGUA. 285 forests abounding in Brazil wood {cœsalpinia crispa). The black marshy lands on the east side of the lake take the name oijlcarales from the jicaro, or calabash- tree, which is here the prevailing species, and whose fruit supplies the natives with nearly all their domestic utensils. Granada, like Leon, is one of the oldest places in Nicaragua, having been founded in 1523 by Francisco de Cordoba, near the Indian city of Salteha [Jaltcba), now one of its suburbs. The fame of its wealth and of the great fertility of the d
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOPOGRAPHY OF NICARAGUA. 285 forests abounding in Brazil wood {cœsalpinia crispa). The black marshy lands on the east side of the lake take the name oijlcarales from the jicaro, or calabash- tree, which is here the prevailing species, and whose fruit supplies the natives with nearly all their domestic utensils. Granada, like Leon, is one of the oldest places in Nicaragua, having been founded in 1523 by Francisco de Cordoba, near the Indian city of Salteha [Jaltcba), now one of its suburbs. The fame of its wealth and of the great fertility of the district more than once attracted the attention of the corsairs, who, in 1665. and ao-ain in 1670, ascended the San Juan and crossed Lake Nicaragua to sack and Fio-. 123.—Density of the Population of Honduras and Nicaragua. Scale 1 : 7,500,0no. Inhabitants per square mile. n u Under 2. 2 to 10. 30 to 40. 124 Miles. 40 to 60. GO and upwards. burn the city. Some fifteen years afterwards another band of English French buccaneers attacked it from the Pacific side ; but before its capture most of the inhabitants had time to escape with their valuables to the archipelagoes of I^ake Nicaragua. It again suffered during the expedition of the filibuster, William Walker, who set fire to it before abandoning it in 1856. Granada lies on the scarp of the plateau on the north-west side of Lake Nicaragua. Its buildings lay no claim to architectural beauty, and it owes its chief importance to its schools, its trade and industries. Several landing-places follow along the neighbouring shore ; but Charco Muerto \s the only town possessing a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and
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